1. Affordable Building Concepts
Carnmore Cross, Oranmore
Galway, Ireland
Tel: +353 91 792892
Fax: +353 91 792893
Email: sales@affordable–build.com
Web: www.affordable–build.com
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2. Our
Services
Chairman’s
Statement
Desmond Cullinane
Chairman
Affordable Building Concepts
The Project Director will sign off each
completed house against the agreed
designs and inform the client each time
a new house has been completed. Each
new build is inspected in great detail
before the Project director will sign it off
as being complete.
Once the basic parameters of a building
project have been agreed with a client
and signed off by both parties, the full
details are sent to our design engineers
and architects to begin working on
producing a full set of designs. Once the
designs have been agreed and signed off
by a client, they are sent to our Project
Director and his project managers.
Understanding client requirements in
detail is of crucial importance to us. We
will discuss all aspects of a building
project with a client and then arrange
a strict time-line sequence with action
points against each target or deadline
with a clear division of responsibilities
for each member of our team involved in
the build. Everything we undertake for a
client is agreed and planned in advance
of any building project so that targets can
be met and specifications completed in
full.
Recent studies via a number of global agencies such as the UN estimate
that the Continent of Africa has a demand for at least 1 billion affordable
homes immediately just to cope with the current chronic shortage of
decent housing. Additionally, the explosion of growth amongst the young
and aspiring populations of not just Africa but India and other emerging
economies around the world has put extreme pressure on all Governments
in the developing world to find a suitable solution.
Affordable Building Concepts Ltd is a new subsidiary company of mine
set up to tackle the enormous problem of how to construct decent highly
quality housing with suitable toilets, bathrooms and kitchens at a cost that is
affordable to even those on very low income.
It has been a huge task but we have done it. I am proud to say that we have
already built a number of affordable houses and built a demonstration site
in Ireland to prove the quality of our building techniques. It has been a huge
success to date and has attracted enormous interest.
My vision now is to bring affordable housing to all corners of the developing
world supported by an excellent team of professionals who are all dedicated
to the task in hand.
I look forward very much to introducing you to my team and our truly
revolutionary building technology whereby even a simple 3 bedroom house
can built within just 3 days. It completely sets us apart from our competitors
and we are now ready to significantly expand our operations across the
globe.
Welcome to real 21st Century housing — affordable to all.
Desmond Cullinane
Chairman
Affordable Building Concepts Ltd
Planning
Design
Completion
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7. ABC
Foam Cement System
ABC
Foam Cement System
Our Patented Foam Cement Panels have many advantages over conventional building
methods due to its Low Thermal Conductivity, Light Weight Materials, Excellent Sound
Insulation, A Level Fireproof, Long Life Span and Faster Installation Time.
Our system is fully certified with , SGS and ISO certifications and has been used for the construction
of Affordable Housing, Apartments, Schools and Hospitals throughout the world.
• Cement foam is an excellent thermal
insulation material.
• Helps lower heating and cooling costs.
• Helps eliminate unwanted air infiltration.
• Creates a more comfortable indoor living
environment.
• Pre-cut to the specific requirement of your
design.
• Simplifies framing, insulation and sheeting to
one process.
• Faster construction cycle reduces labour
costs.
• Pre-punched openings for electrical and
plumbing.
Energy Efficient Minimal Waste
FoamCementSpecifications
• Non-toxic and totally inert.
• Contains no Chlorofluorocarbon (CFC)
• Contains no Hydro-fluorocarbon (HFC)
• No danger to health during installation.
• Will not Rot, Rust or Decompose.
• Maintenance Free.
• Maintains structural strength.
• Long life span (50-100 Years)
Safety Sustainable Material
• Cement foam can be recycled in a number of
ways.
• Foam Cement Panels are 100% recyclable.
• Ozone friendly material.
• Totally free of any nutritional value for insects.
• Excellent resistance to moisture absorption.
• Resists termites, other insects and rodents.
Recyclable Mould, Insect and Rodent Resistant
65mmThickness90mmThickness116mmThickness140mmThickness
AppearanceQuality&
DimensionsVariationd1=0d1=0d1=0d1=0
SurfaceDensity56.3kg/m2
73.2kg/m2
92.4kg/m2
120kg/m2
Anti-pressurestrength5.5Mpa8.2Mpa3.6Mpa4.2Mpa
MoistureRate3.60%4.40%3.70%3.70%
Softencoefficient0.80.8510.81
Anti-bendingdamage
load/Timesover
deadweight
3x(nodamage)3x(nodamage)3x(nodamage)3x(nodamage)
Anti-impact
performance
Nocrosscreakon
panel
Nocrosscreakon
panel
Nocrosscreakon
panel
Nocrosscreakonpanel
SinglePointhanging
strength
Nobreak&cross
crackonpanel
Nobreak&cross
crackonpanel
Nobreak&crosscrack
onpanel
Nobreak&crosscrack
onpanel
FireproofLimit4Hours4Hours4Hours4Hours
HeatTransfer0.1478W(m.k)0.1478W(m.k)0.0786W(m.k)0.0786W(m.k)
Dryshrinkagevalue0.30.30.30.3
Radioactivity–Internal
ExposureIndex
0.10.100
Radioactivity–External
ExposureIndex
0.20.10.20.2
SoundInsulation37(0-2)Db44(0-2)Db
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